Burial vault



R. w. wlsE BURIAL vAuLT Filed July 2e, 1957 Apn'l 26, 193s.

Y e 6 4 7N 3 2 H III I! f INVENTOR fae/' WM5@ Y ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 26, 1938 2415,29?. BURIAL vAUL'r Robert Vv'.V Wise, Detroit, ltlich., assigner of onehalf to Bigham D. Eblen, Detroit, lVIich.

Application July 2 6, 1937, Serial No. 1'55,584

4i Claims.

This invention relates to burial vaults and the object of the invention is to provide a burialA vault formed of concrete and` sheet metal and arranged so that the vault may be hermetically '5 sealed. y .1

One-of the particular objects of the invention ls to provide a vault and cover construction in which the joint between the vault and cover is provided with solid asphalt into v which sheet 1'0 metal sealing strips are embeddedto'seal the vault. f l

p Another object of the invention is to provide a joint in which one wall is `provided with an extending rib andthe other wall is provided with a groove to receive the rib, the groove of one wall being partially lled with asphalt and the other wall* being provided with asphalt shoulder 'por- -tions toV receive sealing strips Vwhich maybe ernr bedded' in the asphalt' toprovide an .hermetically sealed joint. i A further l'object of the invention yis to provide a burial vault including a sheetrnetal shell encased in concrete, theconcrete preventing de terioration of the `sheet metal and the Sheet metal acting as a sealjto preventwaterffrom seepirig through the porous concrete.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sheet metal'lshell about whichA concrete is moulded and shapedl to provide a rib at the upper 30' edge of thevault, with the sheet metal shell extending slightly beyond and above the upper edge of the rib, and the cover being formed of a sheet metal shell encased in concrete and the concrete of the cover being formed with a groove to with solid asphalt so that the upper edge of the sheet metal vault shell will become embedded in the asphalt when the cover is placed thereon.

, A further object of the invention is to provide 1U a structure similar to the above wherein the upper edges of the concrete vault vare provided with shoulders onto which solid asphalt is moulded and the cover is provided with sheet metal sealing bands extending slightly from'the cover and arranged to embed in the asphalt on the shoulders when the cover is positioned on the vault.

These objects and the several novel features of the invention lare hereinafter more fully described and claimed and the preferred form of construction by which these objects are attained is shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is an elevation of the Vault partly in 5:5 section.

the 'cover and vault with the cover receive the rib, the groove being partially lled Hg. als atransversesecnon throughthe vault taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 yis an enlarged view of the joint between raisedt'e show ythe construction.

The vault is formed of a water tight sheet metal receptacl'el which maybe of steel, copperfco'pper bearing steel or other' corrosion proof or Vcorrosion resistant 'sheet metals. Thisshell I -is encased r. on both sides in concrete 2 which is moulded or y cast'onto the shell. The upper edge of the-convrpartially V crete wall 2 is providedwith shoulders 3 shown more particularly in Fig 3 and an extending longitudinal 'rib 4 isV formedin the upper edge of the Wall 2 as shownb'etween the shoulders 3. The Yrib'll and shoulders 3 extend completely about the upper edge of the vault andthe sheet'metal 'shelll extends through and slightlyabove the top'of'vthye rib'lias shown!r l"The .cover comprises asheet metal shell 5 having concrete 6 moulded or cast on oppositesides thereof and the .lower edge` of the cover is provided with a groove 'I shown in Fig. 3 which terminates at the edge ofthe shell Bland is arranged to lit over the ribI lofthe vault. This groove '1 is 'partially filled with hardr or solid asphalt by inverting 'the' coverV and placing the asphalt in the lbottom ofthe groove. On each side of the grooyehthecover is provided with a metal ange 9 embeddedA in the concrete and extending approximately three-eighths of an inch from the edge of the cover while the sheet metal shell I extends approximately three-eighths of an inch above the top of the rib 4.

Asphalt is also applied to the shoulders 3 of the vault by providing moulding strips IIJ, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, on opposite sides of the concrete wall 2 and then lling the intervening space with asphalt II. After the asphalt has set, the moulding strips IB are removed. If the cover is then positioned on the vault the extending anges 9 will rest on the asphalt strips II while the extending ange I of the vault shell will engage into the asphalt strip 8. I'he weight of the cover will cause the flanges 9 to embed in the asphalt Il and will also cause the shell I to embed in the asphalt 8 to form an hermetically sealed joint.

However, before applying the cover to the vault, the extending edge of the shell I, rib portions 4 and shoulders II; are coated with a semiplastic asphalt to insure an absolute seal when the cover is placed on the vault.

When so sealed, there is no possibility of leakage between the cover and the vault and the Y. asphalty strip 8 provides asealV between the'sheet metal Vvault shell l and the sheet'metal cover 'Y Y shell V5While Ythe anges'S insure' a double seal between th'econcrete walll` of Atlfieicovrer and the 5y V@oneri-:ite wallfZ-YofY the vault. The'concretelbeing semi-porousmightallow seepage through the`1 Y l n Y r and slightly aboveithe same;r a non-foraminousjpk Y concrete'wallirbutfthe,*sheet metal vault l Vand the sheet metall coverfshell `5c preventany possiebility of seepage through theivault'o'ricover and the .asphalt VVsealing strip 8 'betwe'en- 'thesheeti metal cover shell-and the sheet metal var-ult shell 'Y prevent seepage between these shells'.':

Y From the foregoingdescription it becoinesevi- ',dent that fthe construction Vis l'comparativelxyf n 15-1Sim`ple,.provides an'hermetically sealed'joint between the cover andthe vault `whiohi-will Vriotjiialvlow seepage between the 'coverzandl the" vault and ilfby the useof the sheetV metal shells/,provides aV Ywatertight andrairtight burialvault'.V

Y20 `Having thusfully described my invention',r its y utility 'and modefofoperation,what VI claim andA desire to SecufbYLetterSPatent ofthe United Y Stateme- Y p 1. A'bu'rial'vamtfconiprisingarionefor'aniinus 25V sheet metal shell Y encased in concrete andthe v concreterbrein'g Vformed to,tprovidershouldersat it theedge'on opposi'tesides vofthe sheet metal shellQ- Y A Land with a rib extending upwardly betweenjthe shouldersgthe sheet metal'sheli'extndin Ythrough Y :ioVY the i-ibiand slightlyV thema-beve, .aY -solidiiasphait Y Y strip inountedionfreach .`of;,said. shoulders andex Y tending. convtinu'otslyriabout.the ec1,;fe`di the;re A Yceptac'le, a `noneforamnogus sheet mtal: cover member encased infv concrete;andY the eoncreteVn 'being formed` topr'ovide'a longitudinal groovelin -l'thefedge thereof Vand Ya5shoulderfoneach side of v` the. groove, jtheedgeof thesheebmetal cover member'jterniinating at theY bottoni'io'f thegroove;

Y "'jfgajfendgasphalt strip positioned;mlthebottom Vof 40 ithe g'roove and extending feontinuously ahoultlthe:YY

.edge of thefcover member and apair ofmetal flanges embeddedingthe concrete shoulders' on j ,foppositre'sidesof the groovejof'thelcover rnember" andextending slightly'from ther shoulders, the

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tacle'formedn Y Y `edge; a non-foraminous :sheet metal] receptacle Y Y 2. A burial 'vault comprising Va nonforarninous 1 sheet metal shell encased in concrete en looth'j sides andthey concrete'being formed tofprovidea ,fl

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receptacle; a lsolid asphaltl strip',` partially filling -the 4grooveViande'tted therein;"thefarrangement 5 @being vsuch that"when:Y the 'cover is;;itfisitionedYonV '3.5 jthepreeeptacle theYedge'ofgthesheetmetalfrecep, 'Y tacle supportstthecover'byitsfengagernent with? l? the asphalt strip.

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